Trump Avoided Disputing Stories Saying He Graduated First In His Class From Wharton School of Business. Here’s The Real Evidence.

Donald Trump has been lying about his intellectual prowess for years.

Trump simply watched as stories as far back as the 1970’s reported he had graduated first in his class from the prestigious Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. As Salon reported in 2011, The New York Times published a profile of Trump in January 1973, writing, “Donald, who was graduated first in his class at the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania, joined his father five years ago.” The Times doubled down in 1976, writing, “He continued helping his father make deals while a student at the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated first in his class in 1968.”